Basra threatens to take control of «South Oil» in the event of non-adoption of the budget

April 23, 2014 10:35

Basra threatens to take control of «South Oil» in the event of non-adoption of the budget

Demanded the local government in Basra, Iraq's central government to expedite the approval of the general budget of the country, threatening to make decisions, especially, including disposition of the administration of the company «South Oil» and money, and status of Basra, in the case of delay adoption of the budget.

The Court of the province of Basra in a statement issued over the weekend that «the province is able to pay its debts for companies operating in the reconstruction of Basra, as the contractors stopped a lot of projects that need to exchange financial advances to accomplish, which in turn requires the approval of the general budget».

And the holding of a special meeting of the provincial council in the headquarters of the company «SoC», in a precedent to send a message to the central government.

 The President of the Council behind Abdul Samad, according to Al-Hayat newspaper, that «the meeting was Mathaba paper pressed against the central government to urge them not to postpone the adoption of the budget at the next parliamentary session, also will raise the probe a formal statement to Parliament raises what came in the session», stressing that «the need to hold session and broadcast on television and see who hampered, whether members of parliament not to attend the completion of a quorum, the Chair or non-inclusion of the plan on the agenda ».

He added: «must not allow the government of the Kurdistan region to export oil without its consent, and must be allocated to the proportion of the territory of the general budget of Iraq, which depends in great shape on oil revenues Basra». Pointed out that «the delay in the budget caused major problems for departments and government institutions in Basra, as ran out of certain types of drugs to public hospitals, and can not be provided by the Department of Health to pass the budget, in addition to the inability to complete the projects completed in the province as it has not received Contractors dues yet ».

 He pointed out that «the Provincial Council considered at its previous, on Wednesday of each week as the date for a one-hour sit-in in all government departments in Basra to protest the delay in the House of Representatives in the adoption of the budget». Iraqi parliament is still in a downward spiral of political differences that hinder the adoption of the general budget, despite the passage of four months of the fiscal year, due to hold all-party parliamentary with amendments to the budget law ».

The board president of the «coalition of state law» in the provincial council morning Albzona «isolating the South Oil Company and renamed Basra oil company, and hold the local government in the province files company administrative and financial all». Added: «quest conservative to take such decisions due to budget did not recognize after and excludes approval in the foreseeable future, and that parliamentary elections will be held end of this month means to enter the country in a vacuum financial consequences do not end a few months ago ».

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